Written by

Ashley A. Smith
and Jeff Starck

"We need to be No. 1," said Ken Heiman, general manager of Nasonville Dairy Inc., 10898 Highway 10 W. "It's the business of the state. Without agriculture, I don't know where we could draw our strength from."

Wisconsin's dairy farms have kept the state the top-ranked cheese producer, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ...